Re: This has begun to annoy me...
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:08:53PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >+ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4570911 > >+ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=42958719 > >+ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113343327 > >+ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=117315327 > > > >It looks like disk write errors to me, but I'm not sure. > > > yes it use. > > use ports/sysutils/smartmontools > > to make sure. > > print smart output and/or these errors and request replacement in your > shop. The disk is failing. Smartmontools, which is a great package, will only tell you want you already know, that the disk is failing. I would copy every thing important off that disk _NOW_ then go and get a replacement disk TODAY. It's possible that the disk may spin for another 2 months or it might burst into flames in the next 20 minutes. Either way the disk is telling you, "I'm sick". Also, what ever you do, do not power down that machine until you have copied off the data. When you power cycle machines with disk in this state there is a very good chance the disk will not spin back up. I see this all the time at my job. Good Luck Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 6.3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. pgputPSgOb4ff.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
use ports/sysutils/smartmontools What do you use for SATA RAID drives? (/dev/mfi[num]) i don't use "hardware" RAID at all. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
--On Friday, February 01, 2008 21:08:53 +0100 Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4570911 +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=42958719 +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113343327 +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=117315327 It looks like disk write errors to me, but I'm not sure. yes it use. use ports/sysutils/smartmontools What do you use for SATA RAID drives? (/dev/mfi[num]) -- Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 22:37 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > I have a laptop doing same thing, but even with the occasional spontaneous > > reboot, it is still more reliable than Windows, and as I haven't had time to > > mess with it, it stays in there. Probably will run dban on the drive, see if > > it makes happy. > > what is dban? Darik's Boot and Nuke: http://dban.sourceforge.net/ > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
I have a laptop doing same thing, but even with the occasional spontaneous reboot, it is still more reliable than Windows, and as I haven't had time to mess with it, it stays in there. Probably will run dban on the drive, see if it makes happy. what is dban? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
On Friday 01 February 2008 14:23:27 Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > You could changing the disk for another. If you get similar messages > > with the other disk too, then it is probably not the disk which is at > > fault. > > smartmontools gets error info from DRIVE directly, so it's easy to know if > it was drive media error or drive communication errors! > > > -- > > I have a laptop doing same thing, but even with the occasional spontaneous reboot, it is still more reliable than Windows, and as I haven't had time to mess with it, it stays in there. Probably will run dban on the drive, see if it makes happy. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
You could changing the disk for another. If you get similar messages with the other disk too, then it is probably not the disk which is at fault. smartmontools gets error info from DRIVE directly, so it's easy to know if it was drive media error or drive communication errors! -- Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
On Friday 01 February 2008 20:40:32 Kurt Buff wrote: > I've been getting this in my daily security email from one of my boxes > for quite a while, and have been ignoring it, because of workload. > > However, it's finally annoyed me enough to pursue it. > > What would the significance of the following section be? > > zsquid.mycompany.com kernel log messages: > +++ /tmp/security.4blejPLWFri Feb 1 03:02:08 2008 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4662143 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113995359 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=112970015 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4668319 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4849151 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=115527359 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113714335 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113715199 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4570911 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=42958719 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113343327 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=117315327 > > It looks like disk write errors to me, but I'm not sure. > Disk errors (as in bad sectors) or bad cable. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
In response to "Kurt Buff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Feb 1, 2008 11:46 AM, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In response to "Kurt Buff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > I've been getting this in my daily security email from one of my boxes > > > for quite a while, and have been ignoring it, because of workload. > > > > > > However, it's finally annoyed me enough to pursue it. > > > > > > What would the significance of the following section be? > > > > > > zsquid.mycompany.com kernel log messages: > > > +++ /tmp/security.4blejPLWFri Feb 1 03:02:08 2008 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4662143 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113995359 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=112970015 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4668319 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4849151 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=115527359 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113714335 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113715199 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4570911 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=42958719 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113343327 > > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=117315327 > > > > > > It looks like disk write errors to me, but I'm not sure. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Looks like a failing disk to me. > > > > Depending on the importance of the data on that drive, make sure you're > > getting backups and get a new drive on order. > > > > If it's always done this, it could also be faulty or non-standard hardware > > (such as the SATA controller). > > That's pretty much what I expected. > > It's done this since I've been running the machine, about six months > now. Given your comment, I expect it's an issue with the controller. I recommend you _not_ trust that system. In my experience, systems with weird errors like this can suddenly lose your data for no reason. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 11:40:32AM -0800, Kurt Buff wrote: > I've been getting this in my daily security email from one of my boxes > for quite a while, and have been ignoring it, because of workload. > > However, it's finally annoyed me enough to pursue it. > > What would the significance of the following section be? > > zsquid.mycompany.com kernel log messages: > +++ /tmp/security.4blejPLWFri Feb 1 03:02:08 2008 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4662143 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113995359 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=112970015 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4668319 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4849151 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=115527359 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113714335 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113715199 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4570911 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=42958719 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113343327 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=117315327 > > It looks like disk write errors to me, but I'm not sure. > > Thoughts? Not so much write *errors* as write *problems*. What seems to have happened is that some write requests do not finish fast enough so the ATA driver gets a timeout, but retries the operation and it works on the second try. (If it hadn't worked on the second try either then there should have been much scarier messages in the log.) It might be because of a disk going bad where the disk has to do remapping of bad blocks when it detects write problems which take extra time, causing timeouts. It might be because of sub-standard cabling which cause errors (but then there ought to have been problems with reading as well as writing.) It might be because FreeBSD's ATA driver uses a timeout value which is a bit too aggressive (too low) for your controller/disk combination. You could changing the disk for another. If you get similar messages with the other disk too, then it is probably not the disk which is at fault. -- Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
That's pretty much what I expected. It's done this since I've been running the machine, about six months now. Given your comment, I expect it's an issue with the controller. with controller - it would start immediately, not after 6 months i think but please use smartmontools. good idea is to use it always, not only when problems start to appear ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
+ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4570911 +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=42958719 +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113343327 +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=117315327 It looks like disk write errors to me, but I'm not sure. yes it use. use ports/sysutils/smartmontools to make sure. print smart output and/or these errors and request replacement in your shop. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
On Feb 1, 2008 11:46 AM, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In response to "Kurt Buff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I've been getting this in my daily security email from one of my boxes > > for quite a while, and have been ignoring it, because of workload. > > > > However, it's finally annoyed me enough to pursue it. > > > > What would the significance of the following section be? > > > > zsquid.mycompany.com kernel log messages: > > +++ /tmp/security.4blejPLWFri Feb 1 03:02:08 2008 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4662143 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113995359 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=112970015 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4668319 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4849151 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=115527359 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113714335 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113715199 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4570911 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=42958719 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113343327 > > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=117315327 > > > > It looks like disk write errors to me, but I'm not sure. > > > > Thoughts? > > Looks like a failing disk to me. > > Depending on the importance of the data on that drive, make sure you're > getting backups and get a new drive on order. > > If it's always done this, it could also be faulty or non-standard hardware > (such as the SATA controller). That's pretty much what I expected. It's done this since I've been running the machine, about six months now. Given your comment, I expect it's an issue with the controller. Thanks, Kurt ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: This has begun to annoy me...
In response to "Kurt Buff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've been getting this in my daily security email from one of my boxes > for quite a while, and have been ignoring it, because of workload. > > However, it's finally annoyed me enough to pursue it. > > What would the significance of the following section be? > > zsquid.mycompany.com kernel log messages: > +++ /tmp/security.4blejPLWFri Feb 1 03:02:08 2008 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4662143 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113995359 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=112970015 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4668319 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4849151 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=115527359 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113714335 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113715199 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=4570911 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=42958719 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=113343327 > +ad6: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=117315327 > > It looks like disk write errors to me, but I'm not sure. > > Thoughts? Looks like a failing disk to me. Depending on the importance of the data on that drive, make sure you're getting backups and get a new drive on order. If it's always done this, it could also be faulty or non-standard hardware (such as the SATA controller). -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
